Tag: Industrial Trust Building
For homebuyers, landscape grows more discouraging
One word has echoed around the residential real estate sector in Rhode Island for a while now and will continue to do so: affordability.
It’s...
‘Resistance Houses,’ Providence Place top PPS 2026 most endangered list
PROVIDENCE – The Providence Preservation Society has placed four so-called “Resistance Houses” on the city's South Side at the top of its 2026 Most...
The Providence Foundation to present past accomplishments, future priorities at 50th...
PROVIDENCE – When David Salvatore recalls the downtown of his childhood, he sees a drab picture: Swaths of concrete, a federal highway traveling through...
‘Superman’ building renovation to begin this month
PROVIDENCE – The development team behind the conversion of the "Superman" building at 111 Westminster St. announced the first phase of the project will...
‘Superman Building’ ornament for sale as fundraiser
PROVIDENCE – The Providence Preservation Society is selling a keepsake ornament featuring the likeness of the Industrial Trust Building, better known as the “Superman...
Providence Preservation Society seeks Most Endangered Properties nominations
PROVIDENCE – Nominations are being accepted for the 2021 Most Endangered Properties list compiled by the Providence Preservation Society.
The list calls public attention to...
Providence peregrines have returned to ‘Superman’ building
PROVIDENCE – A needed boost in a terrible week: the Audubon Society of Rhode Island announced that the peregrine falcons have returned to their...
PPS releases 2020 Most Endangered Properties list
PROVIDENCE – The Providence Preservation Society released its 2020 Most Endangered Properties list on Monday, highlighting 10 historical buildings or structures that are at...
Tearing down ‘Superman’ building is wrongheaded thinking
To the Editor:
In Providence Business News’ June 7 article, “It will take investment to save ‘Superman’ tower,” Rep. Blake Filippi, R-New Shoreham, suggested the...
All options must be on the table with the ‘Superman’ building
A 2016 report put the cost of converting the Industrial Trust, or “Superman,” tower primarily to a residential property at nearly $120 million. In...
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